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A survey was conducted among Southern Sudanese in the border area of Jabalain and Hajar Asalaya to verify the hypothesis that their stay there has gained them much of the Arabic culture, which can serve as a base for building future geographic relations between North and South Sudan. The results indicate that the majority of Southerners came to the area under study during the period from 199162% .2010- of them received education in Arabic, which is used by 98% of them as a means of communication. Muslims constitute 60%, without significant difference among age groups; while African Traditional Religion is completely absent among young and old age groups. In fact, adherents of the African Traditional Religion constituted 66.9% before their coming to the area, but they all got converted to Islam. The authors argue that prevalence of Arabic culture among the population under study could be a base for building future geographic relations between North and South Sudan, and to achieve that they proposed a cultural and geographic integration model.
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